Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

Werner Herzog fascinates again with Encounters at the End of the World, a documentary of his trip to Antarctica.  This is not just another "look at the beauty and harshness of Antartica" movie.  Herzog does indeed explore the beauty and mystique of the continent, but he does it through the eyes of the inhabitants, mostly scientists that he portrays as those outside the mainstream of society.  And why not, one would have to be driven by their work, and by their adventuresome curiosity, to live in that challenging environment.  Herzog asks astute questions, and probably has a slant, but lets the viewer find it.  Certainly intriguing, especially the idea that most who work there believe that man is inevitably extinct. 


Country: USA
Year:  2007
Director:  Werner Herzog
Time:  97 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes:  Tomatometer 94%, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1194818-encounters_at_the_end_of_the_world/
IMDB:  Rating 7.8,  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093824/


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Click on the poster for an interview with Herzog on this film

Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3leTaf2Txw